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1878 NL First Base Double Plays Leaders

Double plays turned at first base

John Morrill led the NL in first base double plays in 1878 with 36, 3 ahead of Chub Sullivan (33). It was one of 2 times John Morrill led in first base double plays.

John Morrill Led the NL in 1878 John Morrill Boston Red Caps
36 First Base Double Plays 3 clear of Chub Sullivan
Showing First Base Double Plays and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team 1B DP G PO A E
1 John Morrill John Morrill BSN 36 59 606 22 28
2 Chub Sullivan CN1 33 61 680 23 18
3 Joe Start Joe Start CHN 28 61 719 13 33
4 Tim Murnane Tim Murnane PRO 25 48 543 22 36
5 Art Croft IN1 19 51 534 8 21
6 Jake Goodman ML2 15 60 693 12 42
7 Lew Brown Lew Brown PRO 7 15 178 3 11
8 John Clapp John Clapp IN1 6 12 143 2 5
9 Fred Corey PRO 1 1 8 0 0
10 Jim O'Rourke Jim O'Rourke BSN 0 2 10 0 0
11 Mike Golden Mike Golden ML2 0 1 18 0 2